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The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar WILDE (1854 - 1900) The Picture of Dorian Gray , the only novel by Oscar Wilde, was first published in 1890. A substantially revised and expanded edition was published in April 1891. For the new edition, Wilde revised...

To learn more about J.R.R. Tolkien visit Wh ile nothing can equal or replace the adventure in reading Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, Peter Kreeft says that the journey into its underlying philosophy can be another exhilarating adventure. Thus, Kreeft takes the...

This collection brings together in a single volume the four books that feature the famous young rabbit with the blue jacket and a penchant for mischief and disobedience: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies...

The inspiration for the five-part Amazon Original docuseries Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, an updated, expanded edition of The Phantom Prince--Elizabeth Kendall's 1981 memoir detailing her six-year relationship with the notorious serial killer. Features an introduction and an afterword by the author, never-before-seen...

It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle...

The Perfect Christian Family is a memoir with an underlying theme. It chronicles the journey of one family's struggle through the expectations of faith and the reality of the unexpected struggles of life. The underlying message is that perceived perfection does not exist under...

Featured by QVC, Hallmark Home & Family, Tasting Table, and the Washington Post. Cakes are the all-occasion dessert--the center of attention at birthdays, holiday celebrations, and dinner parties, and the most welcome brunch, after-school, or teatime snack. America's Test Kitchen's first all-cake book is...

The international bestseller and debut novel by teenage author and classical musician Stefan Bachmann is part murder mystery, part gothic fantasy, part clockwork adventure. Best-selling author Rick Riordan said of The Peculiar, "Stefan Bachmann breathes fresh life into ancient magic."Don't get yourself noticed and...

Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers." But it often seems like conflict and disagreement are unavoidable. Serious, divisive conflict is everywhere--within families, in the church, and out in the world. And it can seem impossible to overcome its negative force in our lives. In...

Peace is making new friends.Peace is helping your neighbor.Peace is a growing a garden.Peace is being who you are. The Peace Book delivers positive and hopeful messages of peace in an accessible, child-friendly format featuring Todd Parr's trademark bold, bright colors and silly scenes....

Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize -- and what Daniel Hillis's short book brilliantly demonstrates -- is that computers' seemingly complex operations can be broken down into a few simple...

Yosemite. Grand Canyon. Death Valley. Big Sur. Covering 84 million acres, North America's national park system casts a remarkable impression on the landscape. Each containing a wealth of wildlife and rich histories, these astonishing spaces are brimming with natural wonders. The Parklands takes you...

A book by pandaIs filled with many haikusDon't be too impressed Throughout history, countless poems have been written about life's most important issues. But how many of those have been written by pandas? Probably not a lot, but there's enough to fill up this...

You Can Heal from Chronic PainWe've been sold a lie: The world tells us that pain is inevitable, that our bodies must break down as we age, and that there's nothing we can do about it. Researchers develop new drugs to manage our pain;...

For thousands of years, the abundance of fish and shellfish in the Pacific Northwest created a seafood paradise for the Indigenous peoples hunting and gathering along the region's pristine waterways, and, later, for the Chinese, Scandinavian, Filipino, and Japanese immigrants (along with many others),...

Get the combined knowledge of a dictionary and a thesauras in this convenient resource from Oxford University Press--the first name in reference. For anyone who has experienced the frustration of finding alternative words and precise meanings, The Oxford American Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus is...

For decades, outdoor brands have put daring and aspirational images on the covers of their magazines and catalogs, pushing the limits of photography and graphic design. This fascinating collection of outdoors covers, drawn from the Outdoor Recreation Archive at Utah State University and spanning...

A HANDSOME COMMANDER IS THE CURE!One day, twenty-nine-year-old accountant Seiichirou Kondou is accidentally transported to another world. As compensation, the Romany Kingdom promises to take care of all his living expenses, but the workaholic Seiichirou still asks for a job. Once he's placed in...

From the acclaimed author of Georgie, All Along and Love Lettering, a pitch-perfect, radiantly transporting love story about an unexpected road trip, true crime obsessions, and hard won vulnerability... "Poignant, observant, tender, and deeply romantic. Clayborn takes what she does best and goes deeper,...

Two women and their clones are thrown into crisis in this queer sci-fi graphic novel by Ignatz Award-winning cartoonists Emma Jayne and Ashanti Fortson!In a society where human cloning became the best way to make some quick cash, reluctant roommates Jay and Eve didn't...